Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2037835/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2037835/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> More Australians are voting early than in previous elections. Some parties have taken advantage <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/2025FederalElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2025FederalElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albanese</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AustralianElectoralCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianElectoralCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dutton</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EarlyVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyVoting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnrollToVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnrollToVote</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HowToVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowToVote</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PostalVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVoting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrePollNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrePollNumbers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a></p>
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Chery (Great Australian Pods)<p>Postal vote ballots arrived today. Have now voted but not yet posted. Will do that tomorrow. <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
AMonkeyInSilk 🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>If you need a postal vote apply directly to the <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2025/03-31a.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aec.gov.au/media/2025/03-31a.h</span><span class="invisible">tm</span></a></p><p>Be wary of unsolicited postal voting approaches mail, email. SMS, social media they want your information.</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senate</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/houseofrepresentatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>houseofrepresentatives</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/vote2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote2025</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/federalelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalelection</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/australiavotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australiavotes</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/postalvote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postalvote</span></a></p>
ibk<p>All I can say is thank goodness for this election!<br>I use old envelopes to write shopping lists and other notes on. But my supply has been dwindling because I don’t get many letters any more.<br>Week 1 of the campaign and I already have enough supply to last me several months.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/postalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postalVote</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/junkMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>junkMail</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/adaptiveReuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adaptiveReuse</span></a></p>
Killian Mangan🇮🇪<p>One of the big takeaways from the German election is just how much more engaged German voters are than Irish voters.</p><p>Yesterday, Germany reached a turnout of 83.5% of registered voters. In our General Election last November, we had just 59.7% of registered voters come out to vote.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrishElections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MoreDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoreDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DemocraticReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/RightToVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToVote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/VoteAbroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteAbroad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrishDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GermanElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanElections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> </p><p>(1/3)</p>
Scottish Lass<p>For better or worse have posted my postal vote. Took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out how "Envelope A" worked,. Took me a while to spot that the lower part is actually a pocket, the layers were so close together didn't see the small gap for inserting the ballot <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ge2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ge2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a></p>
Jennifer Moore 😷<p>Anyone need a postal vote? Here's the link! Deadline 5pm Wednesday. </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gov.uk/apply-postal-vote</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(Or before midnight Tuesday, to register to vote at all.)</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/UKElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKElection</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a></p>
Jake Rayson<p>I just registered for a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> for the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a>. </p><p>Signature required but no voter suppressing photo ID. And I can still vote at the polling station if I want to.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://postal-vote.service.gov.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">postal-vote.service.gov.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
GeologistsCat<p>Today the documents for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postalvote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postalvote</span></a> arrived. They are for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> is impawtent 🐾</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parlement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a></p>
Seonaidh 🏴<p>Especially for Scottish voters in the 4 July Independence Day <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GeneralElectionUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElectionUK</span></a> due to start of school holidays.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EndToryRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndToryRule</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gov.uk/apply-postal-vote</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
S Fraser<p>Now an election has been called for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/4July" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4July</span></a> don't forget to:</p><p>Register to vote - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gov.uk/register-to-vote</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>If you're in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> then we are in the middle of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/summerholiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>summerholiday</span></a> period. So, why not arrange for a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a>?</p><p>Postal Vote Application - <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gov.uk/apply-postal-vote</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>If you're going to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VoteInPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteInPerson</span></a> then you'll need <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/voterid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voterid</span></a> (you don't need one of you're doing a Postal Vote):</p><p>Voter authority certificate - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-vote</span><span class="invisible">r-authority-certificate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2024</span></a></p>
Jennifer Moore 😷<p>The voting papers should then be posted to you. You get a ballot paper, an envelope to put it in so it's secret, another bit of paper which iirc you have to sign, & a pre-paid envelope to post it in.</p><p>Then you can either post back your vote in advance, or take it to the polling station on the day. And new at the recent local elections, if you take it to the polling station you have to fill in even _another_ little form!</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CovidCareful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidCareful</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/UKElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKElection</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a></p>
Jennifer Moore 😷<p>I don't want to take off my mask in the polling station! So my work-around these days is to get a postal vote.</p><p>You still have to register to vote "ordinarily" at gov.uk, if you hadn't already - by 18 June 2024 for this next election.</p><p>Then you apply for the postal vote, by 5pm on 19 June:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gov.uk/apply-postal-vote</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>[Edited to switch in more-helpful link]</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CovidCareful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidCareful</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/UKElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKElection</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a></p>
davecykl<p>UK Prime Minister announces <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKParliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKParliament</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKElection</span></a> for Thursday 4 July. </p><p>Has the date cynically been chosen to be in the first part of school summer holidays in Scotland (when many families may be away) and university/college summer break (many students may also be away or at home and not registered to vote there)?</p><p>Remember to register for a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> if you want or need to, and to have ID if voting in person.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69042935" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politic</span><span class="invisible">s-69042935</span></a></p>
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